Acting credits
191
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
James Franco
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
5.4
Moderate attention
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Movies: 175Series: 31Crew credits: 60
TMDB ID: 17051
IMDb ID: nm0290556
Known for: Acting
Born: April 19, 1978
Age: 48
Place of birth: Palo Alto, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2027
Years active: 53
Average TMDB rating: 6.03
Wikidata: Q306403
Also known as
James Edward Franco
Other jobs
Director (32)Executive Producer (12)Producer (8)Writer (3)Book (1)Editor (1)Novel (1)Story (1)
Biography
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. For his role in 127 Hours (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for appearing in films such as Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat, Pray, Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He frequently collaborates with fellow actor Seth Rogen, including in Pineapple Express (2008), This Is the End (2013), Sausage Party (2016), and The Disaster Artist (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Franco's first prominent acting role was on television. He starred as Daniel Desario on the short-lived ensemble comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), which developed a cult following. He portrayed the title character in the television biographical film James Dean (2001), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and received nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award and Primetime Emmy Award. Franco also had a recurring role on the daytime soap opera General Hospital (2009–2012) and starred in the limited series 11.22.63 (2016). He starred in the David Simon-created HBO drama The Deuce (2017–2019).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with James Franco.
Jun 3, 2027
John Rambo
2027 Movie
In 2 weeks
Confession
2026 Movie
Foster
as Donald 'Don' Foster
2026 Movie
Find Your Friends
Thanks
2026 Movie
Squali
as Robert Price
2025 Movie
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025 Movie
Hey Joe
as Dean Barry
2024 Movie
Largo Winch: The Price of Money
as Ezio Burntwood
2024 Movie
Sleepaway Slasher
Executive Producer
2020 Movie
Birth of a Poet
Director
2020 Movie
Arctic Dogs
as Lemmy (voice)
2019 Movie
Pretenders
as Maxwell
2019 Movie
Zeroville
as Vikar
2019 Movie
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
2018 Movie
Kin
as Taylor Balik
2018 Movie
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
as Self
2018 Movie
Future World
as Warlord
2018 Movie
Mississippi Requiem
as Homer Barron
2018 Movie
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
as Self
2018 Movie
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
as Self - Archive Footage
2017 Movie
The Show
as Male Host
2017 Movie
The Vault
as Ed Mass
2017 Movie
Blood Heist
as Farmer Simon
2017 Movie
Don't Come Back from the Moon
as Roman Smalley
2017 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with James Franco.
Cultureshock
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
Marcians
as Self - Interviewee • 1 eps
2017 Series
The Deuce
as Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino • 25 eps
2017 Series
11.22.63
as Jake Epping • 8 eps
2016 Series
Angie Tribeca
as Sgt. Eddie Pepper • 6 eps
2016 Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Hot Ones
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Making A Scene With James Franco
30 eps
2014 Series
Deadbeat
as Johnny • 1 eps
2014 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
The Frame
as Will Rodman • 1 eps
2013 Series
The Mindy Project
as Paul Leotard • 2 eps
2012 Series
Hamish and Andy's Gap Year
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
Conan
as Self • 1 eps
2010 Series
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
as Self • 1 eps
2008 Series
30 Rock
as James Franco • 1 eps
2006 Series
The Colbert Report
1 eps
2005 Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 2 eps
2003 Series
The Early Show
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
Freaks and Geeks
as Daniel Desario • 18 eps
1999 Series
To Serve and Protect
as Matt Carr • 2 eps
1999 Series
Profiler
as Stevie • 1 eps
1996 Series